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18-letter words containing a, b, n, d

  • a bird in the hand — A bird in the hand is something that you already have and do not want to risk losing by trying to get something else.
  • a good second best — an acceptable alternative
  • abd-er-rahman khan — 1830?–1901, amir of Afghanistan 1880–1901.
  • able-bodied seaman — an ordinary seaman, esp one in the merchant navy, who has been trained in certain skills
  • abortion-on-demand — the right of a woman to have an abortion during the first six months of a pregnancy.
  • absolute magnitude — the apparent magnitude a given star would have if it were situated at a distance of 10 parsecs (32.6 light years) from the earth
  • accommodation bill — a bill of exchange cosigned by a guarantor: designed to strengthen the acceptor's credit
  • adjournment debate — (in the UK) a short debate, held immediately before the end of each day's business in the House of Commons, in which backbench MPs raise matters relating to their constituencies
  • adjustable spanner — a tool with adjustable jaws used for turning bolts, etc
  • admirable crichton — a comedy (1902) by Sir James M. Barrie.
  • adobe type manager — (text, tool, product)   (ATM) Software that produces PostScript outline fonts on screen and paper. There are versions that run under Microsoft Windows and on the Macintosh. ATM can do hinting, multiple master and anti-aliasing.
  • albrecht waldstein — Albrecht von [German ahl-brekht fuh n] /German ˈɑl brɛxt fən/ (Show IPA), Wallenstein, Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von.
  • almoner's cupboard — a cupboard with pierced doors, formerly used as a storage place for food.
  • antiscorbutic acid — vitamin C
  • apartment building — An apartment building or apartment house is a tall building which contains different apartments on different floors.
  • as sound as a bell — If something is as sound as a bell it is healthy and not damaged in any way.
  • at sb's right hand — If someone is at a person's right hand, they work closely with that person so they can help and advise them.
  • australian doubles — an unusual formation in doubles in which the server's partner is positioned on the same side of the court as the server.
  • back end generator — (tool)   (BEG) A code generator developed by H. Emmelmann et al at GMD, University Karlsruhe, Germany. Its input language is Back End Generator Language (BEGL).
  • back in the saddle — at work again
  • back/down to earth — If you come down to earth or back to earth, you have to face the reality of everyday life after a period of great excitement.
  • background reading — reading of related works in order to get contextual information on a topic that you are intending to study or write about
  • bad news/good news — If you say that something is bad news, you mean that it will cause you trouble or problems. If you say that something is good news, you mean that it will be useful or helpful to you.
  • balanced computing — (jargon)   Matching computer tools to job activities so that the computer system structure parallels the organisation structure and work functions. Both personal computers and employees operate in a decentralised environment with monitoring of achievement of management objectives from centralised corporate systems.
  • balanced scorecard — A balanced scorecard is a type of management report which includes both financial and non-financial measures.
  • ball-and-claw foot — a foot having the form of a bird's claw grasping a ball.
  • ballistic pendulum — a device consisting of a large mass hung from a horizontal bar by two rods, used to measure the velocity of an object, as a bullet, by retaining the object upon impact, its velocity being a function of the displacement of the mass.
  • band-tailed pigeon — a wild pigeon, Columba fasciata, of western North America, having a gray band on its tail.
  • banded rattlesnake — timber rattlesnake.
  • barrow's goldeneye — See under goldeneye (def 1).
  • bartholin's glands — two small reddish-yellow glands, one on each side of the vaginal orifice, that secrete a mucous lubricating substance during sexual stimulation in females
  • basket-handle arch — an arch having a symmetrical form drawn from an odd number of radii in excess of one, which increase in length from the springing toward the center.
  • battle of omdurman — a battle (1898) in which the Mahdi's successor and his Ansar followers were defeated by Lord Kitchener's British forces
  • battleground-state — a state of the U.S. in which the Democratic and Republican candidates both have a good chance of winning and that is considered key to the outcome of a presidential election: the swing states of Ohio and Indiana.
  • be in good company — If you say that someone is in good company, you mean that they should not be ashamed of a mistake or opinion, because some important or respected people have made the same mistake or have the same opinion.
  • be-all and end-all — the ultimate aim or justification
  • bel and the dragon — a book of the Apocrypha that is included as chapter 14 of Daniel in the Douay Bible.
  • bells and whistles — additional features or accessories which are nonessential but very attractive
  • bend over backward — to try to an unusual degree (to please, pacify, etc.)
  • bend someone's ear — to speak at length to an unwilling listener, esp to voice one's troubles
  • bernard montgomeryBernard Law, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein ("Monty") 1887–1976, British field marshal: World War II commander of British 8th Army in Africa and Europe.
  • bernard of menthon — Saint(11th cent.); Fr. monk who founded hospices in the Swiss Alps: his day is May 28
  • between you and me — in the space separating (two points, objects, etc.): between New York and Chicago.
  • biodiversification — the process by which the diversity of plants or animals develops or is increased within a particular region or group of organisms.
  • black nickel oxide — a gray-black, water-insoluble powder, Ni 2 O 3 , which, at 600°C, decomposes to nickel oxide: used chiefly in storage batteries as an oxidizing agent.
  • black-necked grebe — a small grebe, Podiceps nigricollis, found in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America
  • black-necked stork — a large Australian stork, Xenorhyncus asiaticus, having a white plumage, dark green back and tail, and red legs
  • blackback flounder — any of various popular food flatfishes, as Parophrys vetulus of the Pacific (English sole) and Pseudopleuronectes americanus of the Atlantic (winter flounder or blackback flounder)
  • blanquette de veau — a ragout or stew of veal in a white sauce
  • bloodbrain barrier — a layer of tightly packed cells that make up the walls of brain capillaries and prevent substances in the blood from diffusing freely into the brain: passage across the cell membranes is determined by solubility in the lipid bilayer or recognition by a transport molecule.

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